HHS Ultimate Frisbee Opens Season

by Matt Varrell
April 11, 2014

Spring has arrived and with it is the Holliston High School Ultimate Frisbee team season. Holliston enters the season with a large team, building momentum off the 2013 season in which the team showed regular improvement despite its youth and inexperience.

(Carl Berg looks for a cutter)

Spring has arrived and with it is the Holliston High School Ultimate Frisbee team season. Holliston enters the season with a large team, building momentum off the 2013 season in which the team showed regular improvement despite its youth and inexperience.

Holliston began its 2014 campaign last Thursday with its home opener against Ashland. Under perfect conditions, the Holliston A-team (varsity) got off to a slow start and found itself down by a score of 8-1 at halftime, with its only point coming from a strong grab by senior Andrew Stering from sophomore Teddy Campbell. The second half showed improvement both offensively and defensively as Holliston found their stride. Holliston posted points from junior Matt Ristaino, junior Corey Cox, junior Max Heihsel, and a pair from sophomore Lee Mogren to make the second half competitively even. However, the strong Ashland team kept the pressure on, matching Holliston point for point, and eventually prevailed by a final score of 15-6. Ironically, the B-team (junior varsity) had a very similar result, starting slowly but showing improvement (led by Beshoy Saied and Peter Georgakopoulos), also losing by a final score of 15-6.

(Rusty Varrel flicks downfield)

On Monday, Holliston Ultimate continued its season with a home match against Nipmuc Regional High School. After a very competitive game, Holliston succumbed to Nipmic by a final score of 15-12.The season-opening homestand continued on Wednesday with a match against Newton-South. Holliston fell to 0-3 with a 15-10 loss.Despite the rough start, the team is showing progress and is looking forward to a finding its first win.

Holliston Ultimate Goes 2-0 for the Week

Holliston Ultimate to Play Season Home Finale

Teddy Campbell fights for possession in the air
On Thursday (May 22), the HHS Ultimate Frisbee team will host Sharon for the home finale. At the game, the five graduating seniors will be recognized. The entire community is invited to come out and see what Ultimate is all about. Game time is tentatively scheduled for 5pm. In what other sport can you hear screams of “Pizza”, “Set”, “Home”, “Chilly” and “Give Him a Dump” all emanating from the field of play?

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Anticipation Growing for the Special Olympics

by Pat Montain

The 5 Town Special Olympics School Day Games are coming to Holliston! On April 10th Special Olympians from Medway, Millis, Ashland, Medfield and Holliston will congregate at the Holliston High School Fieldhouse to show their athleticism and heart. Their training and preparation for this track and field event has already begun!